Machine Gun Preacher
Relativity Media | Release Date: September 23, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
20
Negative:
7
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38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsSep 29, 2011
The events of the movie may be a little bit true, or a lot, but hardly any of it plays that way. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia PuigSep 23, 2011
Machine Gun Preacher has a lot more wrong with it than a bullet-riddled premise. It is yet another iteration of the big, strong white man who comes to save legions of poor anonymous black Africans. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle SmithSep 23, 2011
In Machine Gun Preacher, Gerard Butler says, "I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of that hurt a lot of people." But enough about "The Bounty Hunter," "The Ugly Truth" and "P.S. I Love You." Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternSep 22, 2011
The failure lies not with the film's director, Marc Forster, nor with its impressive star, Gerard Butler, but with Jason Keller's dreadfully earnest script, which charts the hero's spiritual journey, and his Rambo-esque exploits, without offering a scintilla of mature perspective on his state of mind. Read full review
25
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallOct 5, 2011
Machine Gun Preacher comes alive only when Sam is pulling a trigger, which is most of the second hour. You can find the same thrill from watching a grindhouse descendant like "The Expendables" on cable TV. Read full review
25
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanSep 29, 2011
It gets the bullet points of Sam Childers's life, but misses the target. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSep 21, 2011
The title, Machine Gun Preacher, makes it sound like a piece of grindhouse kitsch - and by the time it's over, you'll be thinking, ''If only!'' Read full review
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